Facebook calls for a more people-centric security industry

The security industry needs to worry less about technology and more about people, said Facebook's security boss. The problem would only worsen if the industry did not become more diverse and exhibit more empathy, he said. The lack of focus on those more mundane problems came about because often security experts had little interest in or empathy for people, he said. These blind spots could be tackled by the security industry becoming more tolerant and diverse, he said. Facebook had set up initiatives that sought to make its workforce more balanced and which encouraged people with non-technical backgrounds to get involved in developing secure systems, products and features.